Pound Hill

Crawley · South East · population 11,271 · 6 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

72Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,931 of 6,856 in England
  • #493 of 1,119 in South East
  • #2 of 13 in Crawley
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,716
Median age (est.)37
Density1,531per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above36%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 9%25–44 33%45–64 23%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 29%Mortgage/shared: 47%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 29%Mortgage/shared 47%Social rent 10%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 22%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 34%Lone parent: 10%Other: 14%
One person 22%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 34%Lone parent 10%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Associate professional 16% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Associate professional16%
Managers & directors14%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure9%
Skilled trades8%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 77%Asian: 14%Black: 3%Mixed: 4%Other: 2%
White 77%Asian 14%Black 3%Mixed 4%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 41% · No religion 40% · Muslim 7%

Born outside the UK: 20%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Pound Hill is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,931 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #2 of 13 in Crawley. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (85) but weak on Housing & access (18). Typical homes here sold for about £406,500 over the past year, up 9% across five years (from 142 sales), 16% above the wider Crawley median of £350,000. Typical household take-home income is around £52,569 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 52 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 59 · #2,802
Employment 83 · #1,157
Education 65 · #2,404
Health 84 · #1,081
Crime 72 · #1,924
Housing & access 18 · #5,612
Living environment 85 · #1,040

House prices ?

£406,500median (12m) · +8.4% yr · n=142
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£406,500142+8.4%+9.1%
Detached£538,35043+2.8%+13.7%
Semi-detached£431,00037+3.2%+13.4%
Terraced£350,00031+5.1%+16.7%
Flat£252,00031-0.6%+7.2%
This area£406,500
Crawley£350,000
South East£385,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£52,569±£7,454 · #715 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,828
Price-to-income ?7.7×typical home ÷ net income — similar to the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

53Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

52 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 589 offences
Crawley113
South East71
England83

Rank #2,298 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences248
Theft66
Burglary12
Vehicle crime57
Criminal damage & arson60
Public order & weapons82
Drugs40
Robbery3
Other21

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 214 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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